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A display system includes a continuous flexible display and two main display supports being hingeable with respect to each other between a closed storage position and a planar configuration for fixing the flexible display in an open position. At least one additional display support supports a segment of the flexible display located between the said respective portions of the flexible display in the open position. This additional display support is movable with respect to the display segment between a non-operational position and a support position when the two main display supports are moved between the storage position and the planar position, such that in the open position substantially the whole surface of the display is supported by the respective display supports.

A turbine airfoil support system for coupling together a turbine airfoil formed from two or more components, wherein the support system is particularly suited for use with a composite airfoil. In at least one embodiment, the turbine airfoil support system may be configured to attach shrouds to both ends of an airfoil and to maintain a compressive load on those shrouds while the airfoil is positioned in a turbine engine. Application of the compressive load to the airfoil increases the airfoil's ability to withstand tensile forces encountered during turbine engine operation.

A catheter including a lead body and at least one lumen extending longitudinally through the lead body. At least one conductor is formed on an outside surface of the lead body and extends from a proximal end portion of the lead body to a distal end portion of the lead body.

A turbine airfoil support system for coupling together a turbine airfoil formed from two or more components, wherein the support system is particularly suited for use with a composite airfoil. In at least one embodiment, the turbine airfoil support system may be configured to attach shrouds to both ends of an airfoil and to maintain a compressive load on those shrouds while the airfoil is positioned in a turbine engine. Application of the compressive load to the airfoil increases the airfoil's ability to withstand tensile forces encountered during turbine engine operation.

A platform unit (2) is seated on the tail (5) of a hull (1) of a boat and may be lowered by powered actuator means (8) down guides (7) on an incline (6) to descend into the water. This exposes steps (62) in the incline which function with steps (213) in the platform unit (2) to enable a swimmer to climb up out of the water onto the main boat deck.

A dental capsule for extruding high viscosity dental material providing reduced extrusion force. The dental capsule comprises a body portion, a transition portion and a discharge portion. The transition portion has an axis having an angular relationship with the axis of the body portion and the axis of the discharge portion. This relationship and transitional portion reduces the extrusion force required in extruding high viscosity dental material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a flexible piston having a conical front end is utilized to more fully extrude the dental material from the dental capsule. The dental capsule may have flexible walls with the flexible piston and walls cooperating to extrude substantially all of the dental material. The present invention, when used with high viscosity dental materials, results in less extrusion force required and does not damage the dental material during extrusion.

The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a flexible display device having the display substrate, which belong to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem of poor reliability of display substrates due to the damage to thin film transistors when the existing display substrates are bent. In the display substrate provided by the present invention, by introducing stress absorption units made of resin material into the display substrate, the stress generated by the display substrate bent is released by the resin material, and thin film transistors on the display substrate are thus less likely to be damaged, so that the reliability of the whole display substrate is improved.

The invention provides an optical module which is less likely to be damaged, and can be assembled at low cost. The optical module comprises a housing having an electrical signal port for inputting and / or outputting an electrical signal and an optical signal port for inputting and / or outputting an optical signal, a first substrate arranged in the housing so as to connect to the electrical signal port, an optical fiber arranged in the housing so as to connect to the optical signal port, and a second substrate provided with an optical device which connects to the optical fiber to input the optical signal from the optical fiber and output the optical signal to the optical fiber, and arranged in the housing so as to electrically connect to the first substrate, and to be inclined with respect to a base plane of the housing.

A fluid actuated rotational coupling device is provided with improved sealing of fluid passages. The device includes a fluid actuated rotational coupling that is disposed on a rotatable shaft. The coupling defines a fluid port. A key is received within a keyway in the coupling and / or shaft and defines a fluid passage extending therethrough having fluid ports at either end aligned with the fluid port in the coupling and a fluid port in the shaft. The key also defines grooves formed in surfaces of the key and surrounding the fluid ports. Seals are disposed within the grooves in the key. By locating the fluid passage and seals in the key, the seals may be removed and replaced without removing the coupling from the shaft. Further, the seals are less likely to be damaged during installation of the coupling device on the shaft.

A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body having a partition wall which is constituted of a porous body. The porous body includes a refractory aggregate and a bonding material. The porous body constituting includes the bonding material at a mass proportion of 20 to 35 mass %. In an observation of a cross section of the partition wall with an electron microscope, when observing any given ten visual fields meeting a following condition (1), the number of refractory aggregates meeting a following condition (2) is five pieces or more in all of the ten visual fields.Condition (1): a proportion of an area occupied by the bonding material is 30% or more.Condition (2): the refractory aggregate has a particle diameter of 5 μm or more, and 60% or more of an outer circumference of the refractory aggregate is surrounded by the bonding material.

A holder that is detachably attachable to a casing of a communication apparatus, including: a placement surface on which a handset can be placed; a first side surface; a displacement unit that is displaced in response to an act of placing the handset on the placement surface; a lever that is displaced according to a displacement of the displacement unit, the lever being projected in a first direction by a first distance from the first side surface; and an engagement portion being projected substantially in the first direction by a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, from the first side surface, the engagement portion engaging the holder with the casing.

A fluid actuated rotational coupling device is provided with improved sealing of fluid passages. The device includes a fluid actuated rotational coupling that is disposed on a rotatable shaft. The coupling defines a fluid port. A key is received within a keyway in the coupling and / or shaft and defines a fluid passage extending therethrough having fluid ports at either end aligned with the fluid port in the coupling and a fluid port in the shaft. The key also defines grooves formed in surfaces of the key and surrounding the fluid ports. Seals are disposed within the grooves in the key. By locating the fluid passage and seals in the key, the seals may be removed and replaced without removing the coupling from the shaft. Further, the seals are less likely to be damaged during installation of the coupling device on the shaft.

Provided is a liquid crystal display device that offers improved heat dissipation and that can prevent a light source from being damaged when such liquid crystal display device is vibrated or dropped. The liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal cell 2, illuminating means 3 that is located behind the liquid crystal cell 2, and a frame body 4 that supports the liquid crystal cell 2 and the illuminating means 3. The illuminating means 3 includes a light guide plate 9, light sources 13 and 14 that are located so as to face one side face of the light guide plate 9, and a holder 12 that supports the light sources 13 and 14. There is provided a reinforcing member 15 between the light guide plate 9 and the holder 12, and there is provided a shock-absorbing member 16 located on a side face of the reinforcing member 15 and that makes contact with or lies adjacent to the one side face of the light guide plate 9.

An electronic component module is provided with a ceramic substrate and a plurality of bonding material applying lands. The ceramic substrate has a rear surface that is substantially rectangular. The plurality of bonding material applying lands are arranged on the rear surface. The plurality of bonding material applying lands includes outer peripheral land rows, each of which is arranged in a line along each side of the rear surface with the exception of corner portions of the rear surface. The plurality of bonding material applying lands includes corner portion inner lands, each of which is arranged on the rear surface at a location that is shifted inwardly in a substantially diagonal direction from the corner portion and is adjacent to the bonding material applying lands closest to the corner portion at ends of the outer peripheral land rows that are arranged in lines along two sides that are connected by the corner portion.

An acoustic tube attaching unit that attaches an acoustic tube to a side of a main body case where a microphone unit is mounted. The acoustic tube attaching unit includes first and second elastic members lying between a fixing member and a washer, and bolts that tight the fixing member and the washer in an axial direction. A peripheral edge surface of the first elastic member is formed in a linear manner, and a peripheral edge surface of the second elastic member is formed in a recessed surface manner, so that the peripheral edge surface of the first elastic member protrudes in an outer peripheral direction by elastic deformation by the tightening of the bolts. The acoustic tube is attached to the main body case side by fixing action to an inner wall of the acoustic tube by the protrusion of the first elastic member in the outer peripheral direction.

Provided are a porous composite containing OCP and collagen having higher compressive strength than before: a bone regeneration material containing the same: and a method for producing a porous composite. The porous composite contains octacalcium phosphate and collagen, has a pore size of 5 to 40 μm as determined by measurement using a mercury porosimeter, and contains pores of 71 to 200 μm at a rate of less than or equal to 8% in all pores of less than or equal to 200 μm.

An electronic component module is provided with a ceramic substrate and a plurality of bonding material applying lands. The ceramic substrate has a rear surface that is substantially rectangular. The plurality of bonding material applying lands are arranged on the rear surface. The plurality of bonding material applying lands includes outer peripheral land rows, each of which is arranged in a line along each side of the rear surface with the exception of corner portions of the rear surface. The plurality of bonding material applying lands includes corner portion inner lands, each of which is arranged on the rear surface at a location that is shifted inwardly in a substantially diagonal direction from the corner portion and is adjacent to the bonding material applying lands closest to the corner portion at ends of the outer peripheral land rows that are arranged in lines along two sides that are connected by the corner portion.

A waterproof sheet which is for application to a site to be waterproofed in order to prevent rainwater infiltration thereinto and retard deteriorations which proceed with time, the waterproof sheet comprising: a base layer that comprises a silicone rubber composition reinforced with reinforcing fibers and that has physical properties including high strength; and a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive layer that has been formed on one surface of the base layer and that has a low hardness and is highly tacky. The waterproof sheet provided by the present invention less breaks than conventional waterproof sheets because of the reinforcement layer, and can conform to cracks or dislocations occurring in the surfaces to which the waterproof sheet has been applied, due to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface. Since the waterproof sheet includes silicones as main components and is hence excellent in terms of weatherability, heat resistance, and freeze resistance, this waterproof sheet can retain the function required of waterproof sheets, over a longer period.

A holder that is detachably attachable to a casing of a communication apparatus, including: a placement surface on which a handset can be placed; a first side surface; a displacement unit that is displaced in response to an act of placing the handset on the placement surface; a lever that is displaced according to a displacement of the displacement unit, the lever being projected in a first direction by a first distance from the first side surface; and an engagement portion being projected substantially in the first direction by a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, from the first side surface, the engagement portion engaging the holder with the casing.

A MEMS device including a fixed member and a movable member supported via a resilient body. The MEMS device includes an impact alleviation mechanism provided at a position where the movable member and the fixed member collide during operation. The impact alleviation mechanism includes a stopper provided to either the fixed member or the movable member and that protrude to be parallel between sides of the two members with at least one side edge fixed to the respective member. Moreover, the impact alleviation mechanism includes an elongate protruding member provided on the other of the fixed member and the movable member. The elongate protruding member and the stopper are configured such that as collision force increases between the movable member and the fixed member during operation, an abutment area of an outer edge position of the elongate protruding member approaches the fixed side edge of the stopper.

The invention concerns an actuation mechanism for controlling the movement of an aircraft seat between an upright position and a bed position. The aircraft seat comprises a back rest and connected seat pan with an actuator for moving the seat between an upright position and a bed position. The seat pan comprises a cam follower (32). The cam follower (32) is arranged to move along a first cam path (38) when the aircraft seat is moved from the upright position to the bed position. It is further arranged to move along a second cam path (40) when the seat is moved from the bed position to the upright position.

A flexible cable includes an outer sheath at an outermost portion. The outer sheath includes an inner layer made of an elastomer containing polypropylene resin, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer and made of polypropylene resin.

[Problem to be Solved] To provide a porous composite that has excellent uniform dispersability of OCP and that comprises OCP and collagen in a sufficiently mixed state; and a bone regeneration material comprising the porous composite. [Means for Solution] A porous composite comprising octacalcium phosphate and collagen, characterized in that in an image obtained by enlarging a 5.0-mm×5.0-mm range of a plane of the porous composite 15 times with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), agglomerated particles of octacalcium phosphate have a fractal dimension (D) of 0.70 or more; and the area of c) portions consisting of collagen accounts for 5% or less of the total area of a) portions consisting of agglomerated particles of octacalcium phosphate, b) portions consisting of octacalcium phosphate microparticles and collagen, and the c) portions consisting of collagen.

A waterproof sheet which is for application to a site to be waterproofed in order to prevent rainwater infiltration thereinto and retard deteriorations which proceed with time, the waterproof sheet comprising: a base layer that comprises a silicone rubber composition reinforced with reinforcing fibers and that has physical properties including high strength; and a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive layer that has been formed on one surface of the base layer and that has a low hardness and is highly tacky. The waterproof sheet provided by the present invention less breaks than conventional waterproof sheets because of the reinforcement layer, and can conform to cracks or dislocations occurring in the surfaces to which the waterproof sheet has been applied, due to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface. Since the waterproof sheet includes silicones as main components and is hence excellent in terms of weatherability, heat resistance, and freeze resistance, this waterproof sheet can retain the function required of waterproof sheets, over a longer period.

An object of the present invention is to provide a porous composite that has adequate bending strength and excellent compressive strength and that contains OCP and collagen; and a bone regeneration material containing this porous composite. The present invention provides a porous composite containing octacalcium phosphate and collagen, and having a bending strength of 0.05 to 0.16 MPa and a compressive strength of 0.3 MPa or more.

A flexible cable includes an outer sheath at an outermost portion. The outer sheath includes an inner layer made of an elastomer containing polypropylene resin, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer and made of polypropylene resin.

A connector (10) has a wire, a rubber plug (60) fit on an outer surface of the wire and a housing 20 including a forwardly-open plug accommodating portion (22). The rubber plug (60) is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the plug accommodating portion (22) and the outer surface of the wire. A retainer holds the rubber plug 60 in the plug accommodating portion (22) by being mounted on the plug accommodating portion (22) from the front. The retainer includes deflecting pieces (35) relatively displaceable with respect to the outer surface of the wire and fixing pieces (36) relatively undisplaceable with respect to the wire. The housing (20) includes push-in pieces (25) for pushing the deflecting pieces (35) into the outer surface of the wire. The wire is held in the retainer by the deflecting pieces (35) pushed into the surface of the wire and the fixing pieces (36).

A storage system, comprising: a frame, the frame comprising two opposing frame side walls, a frame rear wall, a frame top wall and a frame base, which collectively define a drawer receiving space; the frame having a front opening; a drawer receivable in the drawer receiving space through the front opening; the drawer comprising first and second opposing drawer side walls, a drawer base, a drawer front wall and a drawer rear wall, which collectively define a drawer storage space, the drawer having a top opening for receiving contents into the drawer storage space; a drawer position retainer for releasably retaining the drawer in any one of at least two drawer positions relative to the frame, the at least two drawer positions comprising: a closed position, wherein the drawer is at least substantially received within the frame; and a partially open position, wherein the drawer is partially received within the frame; and an actuator mounted to or adjacent the drawer front wall for manually actuating the drawer position retainer.